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Orange

by: The Maravines

Mint 400 Records (M4R00503)

Publication date: 2023-03-03

Topics: Studio Album, Computer Audio Recorder, Rock and Roll

Language: English

Orange is an album that is by the Maravines. It is an eight song collection, with music that was recorded between 2015 and 2021. The album is produced by Neil Sabatino, and released by Mint 400 Records on Friday, March 3rd, 2023. With new instrumentation, mixing, and mastering, the songs on Orange are gathered from their Studio albums Bruce, Dotty, Avon-by-the-Sea and Bradley. The full album is available on the Internet Archive, as public domain, on Thursday night, June 8th, 2023.

The music promotion company Pirate! describes the album as "a 'best of' the last half decade," and the on line radio station BlowUpRadio notes that it is composed of their "newer songs, along with reworkings of [earlier] songs." Orange is compared to the music of the Indie rock band Rogue Wave, the Alternative rock band Nada Surf, and the Alternative rock band Colour Revolt. W. R. I. R. classifies it as Contemporary Folk, and Napster as Singer-songwriter, and Rock. In an album review by BlowUpRadio, in New Jersey Stage, the author writes that the Maravines are "masters of indie-folk-rock, with beautiful harmonies and hooks that draw you in," adding that the songs are "like floating upon calm waves on a warm day, relaxing and engrossing." It is described as an "example of indie and alternative rock, with a slight psychedelic hue," by Mehoverhull on June 4th.

Short samples from "Apple Pie," "Kim Marie," "Each and Every Time," "Pauleen," "Fears," "Three Figures," "Avon-by-the-Sea," and "Olive Gardens" are included in the first track. An outtake from the album's mixing sessions, Neil Sabatino's remix of the Maravines' cover of "On a Plain" was released on Youtube.com on November 15th, 2022. It is available for download on the Internet Archive, on March 26th, 2023.

In the March 14th interview with the music site Blood Makes Noise, Chris Lee recalls that during writing and recording, they were listening to new Folk rock musicians, W. F. M. U., Mint 400 Records and Sniffling Indie Kids artists. He also explains that recording for Orange was unlike earlier albums, where they would track for a song over months. Beginning with "Apple Pie," song arrangement lasted for one week, recording demos of guitar and drums, and writing accompaniments. Then, the following week, the song was recorded.

An album review at Blood Makes Noise gives a high rating for Orange, at a 9.6 out of 10. They write that the opening song "is a really slick sounding indie folk track, the bass line and slide guitar bring it to another realm but underneath it's just a really great Shins-ish tune." They note that "the vocal is really striking, it's so smooth and really feels so warm on top of this mix."

BlowUpRadio debuted "Apple Pie" during the 7 P. m. New N. J. Music broadcast, on March 20th. The album was listed for the N. A. C. C.'s terrestrial radio airplay on March 21st, with "Apple Pie" as the recommended song. Old Dominion University's W. O. D. U. played it that day, and it is in rotation at the station. Stockton University's F. M. 91.7 W. L. F. R. debuted the song five days later, during the morning Spin Cycle program, as well as "Olive Gardens" in the afternoon. Both songs remain in rotation.

In an album review from the University of Maine's F. M. 91.9 W. M. E. B., on March 24th, they write "the duo return with their fourth studio album release with Mint 400 Records, noting the lo-fi production, and yearning vocals," and they compare it to the music of the Indie rock band the Shins. The album was broadcast uninterupted, during their New Music Friday program.

"Fears" debuted on the University of New Hampshire's F. M. 91.3 W. U. N. H., during the program The Freewaves with Kristen, on March 25th, "Avon-by-the-Sea" was broadcast during on the Freewaves with Skye M, on April 4th. "Three Figures" played on April the 5th, and "Each and Every Time" on April the 9th. "Apple Pie" was played on F. M. 98.9 K. F. M. G. in Des Moines, Iowa, and "Pauleen" was played on A. M. 1660 K. B. R. E., in Merced, California, in the week of March 21st. Richmond, Virginia's F. M. 97.3 W. R. I. R. played "Apple Pie" on March 27th, during the Lost Music Saloon broadcast. By the week of April 29th, Orange nationally charted on radio stations in the Americas.

Orange is in the Top 10 Most Played at Kenyon College's F. M. 91.9 W. K. C. O., during its' first week of airplay. It is also in rotation at F. M. 91.9 W. M. E. B. as of September 2023, and at the University of New Hampshire's F. M. 91.3 W. U. N. H. "Apple Pie" played on Case Western Reserve University's F. M. 91.1 W. R. U. W., during their Chasing Infinity program, at 9: 10 A. m., on April 2nd. On the 3rd, BlowUpRadio played "Olive Gardens," from "their great new album, Orange" after asking listeners to buy the music they like, during their 7 P. m. New N. J. Music broadcast. Orange debuts as the Most Played album on Bowling Green State University's F. M. 88.1 W. B. G. U., for the week of the April 4th. "Each and Every Time" debuted on Sacremento, California's F. M. 96.5 K. U. B. U., during the Semi-Twang program with Paul Hefti, at 7: 18 P. m., on April 6th, and "Apple Pie" on F. M. 92.3 W. T. T. S.'s program The Beat with Dave Lindquist.

The name of the first song on Orange is Apple Pie, from Dotty. The lyrics, and the song writing are by Chris Lee, who plays the acoustic guitar, the electric guitar, the bass, and he sings. Evan Pope plays the electric guitar solo, the digital piano, and the drums. The duration of it is 2 minutes, and 38 seconds. The identification numbers are I. S. R. C. QM4TW2323479, and the AcoustID is 08d7fd81-ca3d-4f6a-b254-d18839827d7f. It debuted on West Contra Costa, California's School District, El Cerrito's F. M. 88.1, and San Pablo's 97.7 K. E. C. G., on September 5th.

The name of the second song is Kim Marie, from Bruce. The lyrics, and the song writing are by Chris Lee, who plays the acoustic guitar, the electric guitar, the bass, and he sings the lead. Evan Pope sings the harmony, he plays additional electric guitar, and the drums. The duration of it is 2 minutes, and 26 seconds. The I. S. R. C. is QM4TW2323483, and the AcoustID is 7e365f1f-b37b-4dca-a2d8-45bb3869df6b.

The name of the third song is Each and Every Time, from Bradley. The lyrics, and the songwriting are by Barbara Lee. Chris Lee plays the electric guitar, the bass, the drums, the digital piano, and he sings. The duration of it is 3 minutes, and 32 seconds. The I. S. R. C. is QM4TW2323481, and the AcoustID is df7a30e0-1e10-4936-b695-245133471c28.

The name of the fourth song is Pauleen, from Bruce. The lyrics, and the song writing are by Evan Pope, who sings the harmony, plays the acoustic guitar, and the drums. Chris Lee plays the acoustic guitar, the electric guitar, the bass, and he sings the lead. The duration of it is 3 minutes, and 4 seconds. The I. S. R. C. is QM4TW2323485, and the AcoustID is df978931-a8ec-4154-b6f3-2a9693f478b3.

The name of the fifth song is Fears, from Bruce. The lyrics, and the song writing are by Chris Lee, who plays the acoustic guitar, the electric guitar, the bass, and he sings. Evan Pope does the percussion. The duration of it is 6 minutes, and 16 seconds. The I. S. R. C. is QM4TW2323482, and the AcoustID is da9c91ca-b0ef-42d4-95b5-34558560eb3a.

The name of the sixth song is Three Figures, from Bradley. The song composition is by Evan Pope, who also plays the electric guitar, and the drums. Chris Lee plays the electric guitar lead, the bass, the digital piano, and he sings. The duration of it is 2 minutes, and 38 seconds. The I. S. R. C. is QM4TW2323486, and the AcoustID is 9e77be24-af52-4797-b452-a7d92e3816cf. The song debuted on Atlanta, Georgia's F. M. 89.3 W. R. F. G. Americana garage program, for the Peach State Festival, on March 24th, 2023.

The name of the seventh song is Avon-by-the-Sea, from Avon-by-the-Sea. The lyrics, and the song writing are by Chris Lee. He plays the electric guitar, the drums, the digital piano, he does the percussion, and he sings. Evan Pope plays the louder electric guitar lead, at the second Chorus, the bass, and the acoustic guitar. The duration of it is 6 minutes, and 28 seconds. The I. S. R. C. is QM4TW2323480, and the AcoustID is 9bd45719-7a38-4cd1-b36e-d234330b8dc3.

The name of the eighth, and the final song on Orange is Olive Gardens, from Nylon Sloan. The lyrics, and the song writing are by Chris Lee, who plays the acoustic guitar, and he sings. The duration of it is 2 minutes, and 46 seconds. The I. S. R. C. is QM4TW2323484, and the AcoustID is 1242a875-a5be-4563-9f02-8760ce6f5d58. The song debuted on F. M. 88.1, and San Pablo's 97.7 K. E. C. G. on August 31st.

The ninth track is the pre-release clips of the songs on Orange.

The tenth song is On a Plain, from Nevermind, by Nirvana. The duration of it is 3 minutes, and 12 seconds. Chris Lee plays the nylon string guitar, and he sings. Neil Sabatino plays the digital piano, and he programs the drums. The AcoustID is 188dce55-014b-4978-ab70-9f34899604e1.

The eleventh track is an outroduction by BlowUpRadio for "Olive Gardens," on April 2nd.

The Front Cover artwork, and the "On a Plain" drawing are by Neil Sabatino. The recording is by Evan Pope, and Chris Lee, and the mixing is by Chris Lee, with Acoustica Mixcraft Version 5. Additional instrumentation, and mixing, as well as the mastering is by Neil Sabatino, with Logic, made at the Forest of Chaos, in Hawthorne, New Jersey. 2023, The Maravines and Mint 400 Records. The catalog number is M4R00503. The duration of the eight songs is 30 minutes, and 8 seconds. The album is free, and public domain.

The Front Cover.

The Artwork for "On a Plain."

Review by Recent Music Heroes.

The album is available for purchase on Amazon.com, and it can be streamed on Spotify.com. Orange is the Maravines' seventy third release, and the catalog's one hundred and fifteenth. Their previous release is 2nd Annual Giving a Second Chance, and their following is Preview from the Forest of Chaos.

Link. March 2023. The Maravines - Orange. Pirate!.

Link. 9: 10 A. m., March 20th, 2023. "Apple Pie" from Orange by the Maravines. Pirate!, and Twitter.

Link, Link. 6: 29 P. m., March 27th, 2023. Lost Music Saloon with Garry. W. R. I. R., and Spinitron.

Link. March 2023. Orange by the Maravines. Napster.

Link. March 20th, 2023. BlowUpRadio.com's New & Notable N. J. Music 3/20/23. New Jersey Stage.

Link. 6: 03 A. m., June 4th, 2023. A 3-track outing by the New Jersey.. Mehoverhull.

Link. November 15th, 2022. On a Plain. Maravines, and Youtube.

Link. March 14th, 2023. Meet North Jersey Indie Rock band the Maravines. Blood Makes Noise.

Link. March 28th, 2023. What's in our Inbox! Blood Makes Noise.

Link. March 20th, 2023. BlowUpRadio.com's New N. J. Music. BlowUpRadio.

Link. March 21st, 2023. Orange, The Maravines. N. A. C. C. Adds.

Link, Link. March 21st, 2023. The Maravines - Apple Pie. W. O. D. U. Playlist Log.

Link, Link, Link, Link, Link. 10: 34 A. m., March 26th, 2023. McArdle, Lauree. The Maravines 'Apple Pie.' Spin Cycle Sunday with Lauree. W. L. F. R. Spinitron.

Link, Link, Link. March 24th, 2023. New Music Friday 3/24/23, and Fears on Sep. 17. F. M. 91.9 W. M. E. B., and Spinitron.

Link, Link, Link. 10: 42 P. m., March 25th, 2023. The Maravines 'Fears.' W. U. N. H. - Durham F. M. 91.3. Spinitron.

Link. March 29th, 2023. Maravines, the Orange Mint 400. The Week of March 29th, 2023. Muzooka Radio Charts.

Link, Link. 5: 42 A. m., April 4th, 2023. Skye M. The Maravines 'Avon-by-the-Sea.' The Freewaves. W. U. N. H. - Durham F. M. 91.3, and Spinitron.

Link. April 23rd, 2023. Suellen S. Most Recent Playlist. The Maravines "Apple Pie." F. M. 91.3 W. U. N. H.

Link, Link. 9: 10 A. m., April 2nd, 2023. Ed. Chasing Infinity. W. R. U. W., Twitter, and Spinitron.

Link. April 3rd, 2023. New N. J. Music. BlowUpRadio Den.

Link, Link. 7: 18 P. m., April 6th, 2023. Semi-Twang. K. U. B. U., and Spinitron.

Link. April 10th, 2023. The Beat with Dave Lindquist. W. T. T. S.

Link. 12: 14 P. m., September 5th, 2023. Otto Mayshun. The Maravines - Apple Pie - Orange. KECG 9/5/23 12:02 PM, and Spinitron.

Link, Link. March 24th, 2023. 24-March-2023 Americana garage. W. F. R. G., and Facebook.

Link. 8: 52 A. m., August 31st, 2023. Otto Mayshun. The Maravines - Olive Gardens (Acoustic). KECG 8/31/23, 8:02 AM, and Spinitron.